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Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1948

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Progressive Farmer Team Return From World Tour

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Thursday 30 September 1948 · page 1

The Rural Bank Progressive -Farmer Team of 1948, which-has been on an extended tour of the United States, Canada and the…

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Cattle Dearer at Forbes

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 1 October 1948 · page 8

Winchcombe, Carson Limited, Forbes branch, report having held a special store cattle sale on Wednesday, 24th September, when they yarded 1038…

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Off-shears Sheep Sale Successful Auction at Lake Cowal Woolshed

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 1 October 1948 · page 6

Winchcombe, Carson Limited, Sydney, in conjunction with K. G. Anthoness, West Wyalong, report having held their annual off-shears special…

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Wool Values and Optimism Clips Should be Sold

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 1 October 1948 · page 5

Wool sales have been recently proceeding in Australia, London and elsewhere and the market has shown a decline. The reduction, however, is…

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C.P. POLICY Oh Wheat Stabilisation Scheme Leader's Statement

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 1 October 1948 · page 5

The Stabilisation Scheme which is now being put before the wheat growers of New South Wales for acceptance or rejection differs in…

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Wheat Plan F. & S. Attitude to Scheme "No" Vote Advocated

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 1 October 1948 · page 8

The Farmers and Setters' Association urges wheatgrowers to vote "No" and says that the present scheme put forward by the Minister for…

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Wheat Stabilisation Plan A.W.F. Secretary Explains Scheme Urges "Yes" Vote on Ballot

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 1 October 1948 · page 1

MR. T. C. STOTT, of Adelaide, general secretary of the Australian Wheatgrowers' Federation, flew from the South Australian capital on Monday to Narrandera, and then came on by car to address a meeting of farmers at Forbes that…

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Field Day at Cowra Experiment Farm

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 1 October 1948 · page 6

After a lapse of seven years, in which war-time conditions made it impossible to hold large field day gatherings, Cowra Experiment Farm has now…

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Wool Report

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 4 October 1948 · page 3

The Farmers and Gaziers' Co-operative Grain insurance and Agency Company [?] report on 28th September,…

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Dearer Cattle at Forbes

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 4 October 1948 · page 2

Messrs Winchcombe, Carson Ltd., Forbes branch, report having held a special store cattle sale on Wednesday, 29th…

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Minister Defends Transport of Last Season's Wheat Crop

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 4 October 1948 · page 6

Although great difficulties have been experienced in New South Wales, never-teless a great deal had been achieved in transporting last season's record wheat…

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Sheep Selling Vagaries at Cobar

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 4 October 1948 · page 3

The vagaries of sheep seling those days was emphasised by Mr. H. E. Rankin. Cobar stock and station agent…

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Stud Sheep Need Not Be Branded

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 4 October 1948 · page 2

Goulburn P.P. Board has been advised that stud sheep, need not be branded. The Department of Agriculture…

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Early Voting in Wheat Ballot Urged

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 4 October 1948 · page 1

The Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Graham today meed all wheatgrowers to complete their ballot…

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Minister Replies to F.S.A. Statementon Wheat Plan

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 4 October 1948 · page 5

A number of inaccurate statements are contained in a pamphlet issued last week by the Farmers and Settlers' Association dealing with the Wheat…

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Wheat Bags Have Only Curiosity Value In U.S.A. & Canada SYDNEY

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 4 October 1948 · page 6

Wheat bags are little more than a curosity in the U.S.A. and Canada, Mr. W. A. Meares, of Forbes, who was a member of the Progressive Farmer team, which…

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Britain Harvests Her Post-flood Linseed Crop

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 4 October 1948 · page 1

Sown in land water-logged by the serious Hooding which devastated large areas of Britain's farmlands during the spring of 1947, emergency crops of linseed are now being out…

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U.S.A Farmer, Without Aid, Runs Poultry Farm of 8,000 Birds Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 4 October 1948 · page 6

A poultry farmer near Salt Lake City, U.S.A., runs a five story house holdng 8000 birds, Mr.'W. H. Bruce, Baulkham Hills, who was a member of the Rural Bank…

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Farm Family Partnerships

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 4 October 1948 · page 4

As one means of kepping boys and girls on the land and stemming the drift to the cities, which has been a problem…

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Record Area Now Under Crop in New South Wales

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 4 October 1948 · page 6

The area is 7,108,068 acres, This compares with 7,044, 033 acress in 1993-39, and 6,511,493 acres in 1946-47…

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